Brigitte Pellerin

Brigitte Pellerin

Poilievre's wardrobe malfunctions and other tall tales

It'd be nice if people stopped lying for a hot minute.

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Brigitte Pellerin
Sep 03, 2025
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Brigitte’s version of hell

It’s not every day that I have to go and analyze a spreadsheet so, someone will have to pay for my pain. I nominate Pierre Poilievre because it’s his fault. He shouldn’t be lying like that.

It’s true that unemployment for young people is extraordinarily high. I own a few teenagers myself. I am aware of the issue. And it may be that the TFW program does need reviewing; I’m not an expert even though I know more about it than the average politician given how many legal articles I’ve had to write about the reforms well-intentioned people say the program needs.

Leave our respective levels of expertise aside, the thing that bugs me royally is Poilievre claiming the program is a thing for corporate global elites. Or even grubby old multinationals. It’s just not true.

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